Yoga: Benefits and Precautions for People With Breast Cancer

Vicki Flannery wears a number of hats: She’s a nurse in the Kansas City area; she’s a yoga instructor at weBuild4Life, a nonprofit that focuses on functional fitness and nutritional programs for cancer survivors and people with chronic illnesses; and she is a breast cancer survivor. Vicki’s yoga classes center around recovery, flexibility, and strengthening. Listen to the podcast to hear Vicki talk about: what yoga is and examples of different types of yoga the benefits yoga can offer to people who’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer precautions people who’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer may want to consider how she modified her own yoga practice after being diagnosed with breast cancer